Watch Donald Trump’s impeachment live as senators prepare for historic vote

Democrats unlikely to gain Republican votes needed to convict former president

Former president Donald Trump during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 presidential election (REUTERS)

Donald Trump’s historic second Senate impeachment trial is expected to conclude this weekend, a little over a month after the US Capitol riot which led Democrats to accuse the former president of "incitement to insurrection".

The Senate is preparing to vote following new evidence of the former president’s support for the insurrectionists who stormed the US Capitol in Washington DC on 6 January.

It appears likely that the trial will come to a swift end on Saturday and increasingly unlikely that Democrats will gain the 17 Republican votes needed to convict Mr Trump.

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